The edition presents Ibn 'Ajiba’s (1747-1809) commentaries on key poetic verses from Imam al-Busiri’s (608/1213-696/1295) celebrated poem al-Burdah. The poem, whose actual title is al-Kawākib ad-Durrīya fī Madh Khayr al-Barīya ('Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation'), is a seminal piece of literature sung and read throughout the Muslim world.